Mustard Herring

Mustard herring, tomato herring, and pickled herring are the classic herring dishes, and here is your recipe for making mustard herring from scratch. Perfect for Christmas breakfasts or the cold buffet! All our recipes are sourced from godfisk.no

Photo: Studio DreyerHensley

Time required: 20 min
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

Servings

6 pcs pickled herring fillet
0.5 pcs yellow onion

Mustard Sauce

100 g mayonnaise
3 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
3 tbsp fresh dill
1 tsp vinegar, 7%
1 tsp sugar
pepper

Method

Taste the herring fillets and soak them in water or milk for a couple of hours if they are too salty.
Cut the spiced herring fillets into pieces and the onion into thin slices.
Mix mayonnaise with mustard, dill, vinegar, and sugar.
Taste with pepper, possibly sugar and vinegar.
Layer the herring and onion in a jar or container.
Pour the mustard sauce over and cover with a lid.
The herring should marinate for a day in the refrigerator before serving.
The herring is keeps well in the refrigerator for about 1 week.